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Hamburg (kk) - The date September 2, 2006, is a first at art.auctions by Ketterer Kunst: the first auction to be held entirely online. From 4 pm German time on that date, around 750 objects carrying estimates ranging between € 40 and € 4400* will all be sold at an auction of Art of the 19th Century / Modern Art via the internet. The main aim of this live auction to be held by art.auctions is to bring the fascinating world of art up close to a young public. With this innovative approach, art.auctions, part of the Ketterer Kunst Network, is using the internet as the cutting-edge medium through which we meet our clientele where you like to be.
Apart from six decorative bathroom tiles (format: 20 x 20cm; estimate: € 4200) designed by Salvador Dalí, the auction stars an oil painting by Heimrad Prem, whose work is currently on show in the Munich exhibition “Gruppe Spur” at Villa Stuck in Munich. He painted “Evi” in a vibrant palette c. 1961. Measuring 70 x 100 cm, this work carries an estimate of € 4400, making it the most expensive lot of the auction.
On the whole the online auction will concentrate on 20th and 21st-century art, with some 19th-century works as an added attraction. Further, a few marine pieces are to go under the virtual hammer.
This new forum for international art should make art lovers reach for the mouse since work by the following luminaries of modern art will be featured: Max Ackermann, Horst Antes, Elvira Bach, Eduard Barheer, Ernst Barlach, Willi Baumeister, Joseph Beuys, Peter Brüning, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Lovis Corinth, Karl Fred Dahmen, Otto Dix, Lucio Fontana, Sam Francis, Günter Fruhtunk, Klaus Fussmann, Rupprecht Geiger, HAP Grieshaber, George Grosz, Renato Guttuso, Karl Otto Götz, Hans Hartung, Karl Hofer, Alfred Hrdlicka, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Horst Janssen, Allen Jones, Asger Jorn, Wassily Kandinsky, Alexander Koester, Oskar Kokoschka, Käthe Kollwitz, Le Corbusier, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Roy Lichtenstein, Fernand Léger, Markus Lüpertz, Ewald Mataré, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Piet Mondrian, Henry Moore, Otto Mueller, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, A. R. Penck, Otto Piene, Sigmar Polke, Arnulf Rainer, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Günther Ücker, Victor Vasarely and HP Zimmer.
Pre-sale viewing of the works themselves will be possible at Ketterer Kunst, Am Meßberg 1, 20095 Hamburg. Written offers can be handed in via fax +49-40-374961-66. For the rest, however, bidding will take place entirely on the internet. Those interested in participating are invited to register 8 days prior via the following link: www.kettererkunst.de.
Since it was founded in 1954, Ketterer Kunst has been firmly established in the front ranks of auction houses dealing in art and rare books. The Munich headquarters in the Prinz-Alfons Palais plays a leading role with two annual auctions of Modern Art. Two auctions a year are devoted at the Meßberghof in Hamburg to Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century /Marine Art as well as Modern Art. Hamburg is also the venue twice yearly for auctions of Rare Books - Autographs - Manuscripts - Decorative Prints. In addition, special auctions and benefit auctions for charity are regular events at Ketterer Kunst.
Hamburg, July 26, 2006
*Most are priced below € 1000.
For press enquiries:
Ketterer Kunst
Prinzregentenstraße 61
81675 Munich
Michaela Derra
Tel.: +49 (0)89-55244-152 (Fax -166)
E-mail: m.derra@kettererkunst.de
for Art of the 19th Century / Modern Art:
Ketterer Kunst
Meßberg 1
20095 Hamburg
Barbara Guarnieri
Tel. +49 (0)40-374961-28
Ruth Tenschert
Tel. +49 (0)40-374961-22 (Fax -16)
E-mail: infohamburg@kettererkunst.de
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